To thrive economically in developing countries,
tourism
is believed to contribute significantly to
this
purpose.
Although
tourism
promotes the development of the
economy
and strengthen the cultural differences, it
also
causes environmental damages and instability of society.
Tourism
is the best choice which
also
helps to strengthen the national
culture
if nation pursues a high profit economic service.
Tourism
takes advantage of the natural environment and unique
culture
to attract the tourists, so that the authorities just need invest a relative budget in order to build the huge and professional
tourism
-related services and amenities.
Therefore
, the disparity of the investment and profit will be a far distance.
Additionally
, the foreign investment which triggers the leap of
may come along with the tourists into the country. Thailand, which has practiced the
tourism
as a key sector for thriving the nation for decades, is now one of the rapidly developing nations in ASEAN.
On the other hand
, the tourists are attracted by the unique and different
culture
, the government, has
hence
appropriately in order to protect and accentuate its own
culture
.
Therefore
, not only
economy
,
culture
also
receives the
effect of
tourism
.
Nevertheless
, the
tourism
without a deliberate strategy may bring destruction of nature and illegal substance into the nation. The tourists gravitate to the paramount landscapes and nature of each country, so the government will exploit the natural environment to satisfy these desires of the tourists.
Also
, in order to attract as many tourists as possible, the authorities neglect to the damage that the tourists bring towards the natural
artifactsa man-made object taken as a whole
. In Vietnam,
for example
, the Phong Nha Ke Bang cave is significantly damaged by the craving on the stones from the tourists, but the Vietnamese authorities have not done any intervention to reduce the destruction.
Besides
, the foreign tourists may bring the illegal materials into the boundaries: drugs, weapons and guns (which is illegal in Vietnam). As a trade-off, if government does focus on
tourism
to promote the development, the nature and social security may be threatened.
To some extent, the
tourism
facilitates the economic development and the cultural stability, but it
also
triggers the problems for natural landscapes and the social security.
However
, in comparison with the costs and risks of other economic sectors,
for example
, environmental pollution is generated by manufacturing industry, the
tourism
still is a better choice for the developing nations finding the leap of the
economy
.